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To be reticent is to not reveal one's thoughts readily. In this case, it is the reticence of the author. The author does not reveal their thoughts readily. If the narrator or author refuses to do something, it is made known that he is doing something. The something here is him refusing. If he acts as if the situation is normal, I'd assume he is acting in such a way that would be nonreactionary of the actions from the provoker. I would safely choose the last option as sorrentino's exercising of authorial reticence.
<span>The general theme of the sonnet is that
what is written about in poetry is eternal - specifically in this poem,
Shakespeare is admiring a woman, and saying that her beauty will never
fade because he is putting it into verse.
So I'm Gonna Go With
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<span>Love is the surest way to find happiness in life and the afterlife.
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